"Information is not a commodity..."

Heinz von Foerster gently eye rolls the idea that you can copy yourself into into a computer and achieve immortality. I've cued it up at the position in the interview where this discussion takes off. You are of course welcome to find the first part and watch the whole thing. Every frame drips with the mesmerising bad taste of the 1980s.

https://youtu.be/4Er2llrFgww?t=377

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